NAB Cancelled
by Bob Raikes
What They Say I was just looking around for my last WBS article today, when in popped a PR statement from Grass Valley lamenting the cancellation of the NAB Show. We reported a couple …
Tags:Covid-19| Events| USA
SmartTV Gets to an Inflection Point
by Bob Raikes
This week I spotted an interesting looking forecast that suggested that the top three US Smart TV brands (Samsung, LG and Vizio) would see a big growth in revenues from advertising over the next …
Tags:Advertising| LG Electronics (LGE)| Samsung| Smart TV| Streaming Video| USA| Vizio
Links Week Ending 17th September 2021
by Bob Raikes
Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. Major Broadcasters Launch NEXTGEN TV on Five …
Tags:Acer| ATSC| Comcast| Financial Data| Interactive Displays| Market Data| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Samsung| Smart TV| USA| VideoConferencing
Amazon to Ship Own-Brand TVs in the US
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Business Insider ($) reports that Amazon plans to release its own branded TVs in sizes from 55″ to 75″ in the US, perhaps as soon as October. Although they have had …
Tags:Amazon| TVs (TV Sets)| USA
Nanotech OLED Electrode Liberates 20% More Light
by Bob Raikes
Electronic displays are fundamentally devices for converting electrons to photons. The more efficient you can make them in this conversion process, the brighter they are for the same power or the lower power they …
Tags:China| Film materials| OLEDs| R&D (Research & Development)| USA
Infocomm Requires Vaccinations or Tests
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Infocomm is still planning on taking place in Orlando from 23-29th of October (exhibition from 27th to 29th). However it has updated its anti-virus precautions and all visitors must be either …
Tags:Covid-19| Infocomm 2021| USA
Watch, Watch, Watch Your Shows, Bingeing Through The Stream…
by Pete Putman
TiVo’s latest Video Trends Report was just released, covering the second quarter of 2021, and it’s full of interesting data about how, when, and where we in North America watch video content. A little …
Tags:Cable| Cable Cutting (cord cutting)| Streaming Video| SVOD| USA
Stratacache Delayed on MicroLED Because of Covid
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Sixteen-nine.net interviewed Chris Riegel, CEO of Stratacache. After getting through the general business content (which highlights the changes that Riegel has made in reducing the Scala channel to have fewer and …
Tags:Investment| MicroLED| Stratacache| USA
SNA Develops Spherical LED for HBO Retail
by Bob Raikes
What They Say SNA has developed a spherical LED retail installation based on a 1584 x 3584 LED 1.56mm pitch 13.8m² (149 sq ft) display. Installations have been developed in Dallas, Chicago and San …
Tags:Interactive Displays| Retail| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| USA
Amazon and Best Buy’s latest Fire TVs have a sleeker design and better HDR
by Bob Raikes
What They Say In the US, Amazon and Best Buy have released new Insignia and Toshiba TVs based on Amazon’s Fire TV software. Features include QD support for WCG and Dolby Vision operation as …
Tags:Best Buy| Dolby Vision| Quantum Dots| TVs (TV Sets)| USA
HBO Max App Launches On LG Smart TVs In U.S.
by Artem Alekseenko
LG Electronics USA and WarnerMedia announced that the HBO Max app is now available on LG Smart TVs1 in the U.S., including its line-up of award-winning LG OLED TVs. The arrival of HBO Max …
Tags:HBO| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Smart TV| USA
TCL Kicks Off 8K Smart TV Price War
by Bob Raikes
What They Say TCL has made 8K TVs more affordable, by bringing 8K panels to its 6-Series TVs, with 65″ now available for pre-order in the US at $2,199 and 75″ at $2,999. That …
Tags:Pricing| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)| USA
